The study and the analysis of optical OFDM systems based on direct detection when applying different PAPR reduction techniques and transforms.

Abstract:

[ANGLÈS] Optical orthogonal division multiplexing (OFDM) has recently been introduced in optical communications because of its robustness against channel dispersion and its high spectral efficiency. OFDM is based on the fast Fourier transform (FFT). In this thesis, we study alternative transforms to create the OFDM symbols: the fast Hartley transform (FHT) and the discrete Wavelet packet transform (DWPT). Besides the advantages of using optical OFDM (O-OFDM), there are also some disadvantages that must be taken into account. High peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) is one of the major drawbacks of OFDM-based systems that can cause intermodulation among the subcarriers due to the nonlinearities of the fiber and devices such as analog-to-digital converters (ADC) and external modulators. Here, PAPR reduction techniques are studied to mitigate the effects of the PAPR. Finally, we demonstrate that applying PAPR reduction techniques to O-OFDM systems using intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD) the effects of the clipping noise are mitigated without the need of adding a higher bias to the signal.